Rail-joint.



No. 664,626. 6 Patented nec. 25, |966.

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Patented Dec. 25, |900.

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BAIL JOINT.

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RAIL JUINT.

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FRANCIS ASBURY BREWER, OF KIRKVILLE, NEW YORK.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,620, dated December 25, 1900.

Application led October 7, 1899.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS ASRURY BREWER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kirkville, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Rail-Joint, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates t improvements in rail-joints in which the ball, neck, and base of the rail at its ends are vertically, longitudinally, and laterally cut to form a splice, with the object in view of forming a joint that will prevent pounding at the joints and make a firm and secure joint for rails for railroad purposes.

With this object in view my invention consists in the detailed construction and arrangement ofthe parts as herein described and shown.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an isometrical representation of my complete invention, showing the ends of two rails united. Fig. 2 is a cross vertical section of my rail-joint on line oc w of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are isometrical representations of the two ends of a rail, showing substantially the form'in which the ends are constructed for my rail-joint. Fig. 5 is an isometrical representation of my rail-joint with the side or fish plates removed. Fig. 6 is a representation of the side or fish plates, and Fig. 7 is a representation of the plate used upon the top of the ties and Linder the ends of the rails at the joints.

Like characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A and A represent the opposite ends of the two rails used to form my rail-joint.

B represents side plates used to stien the joint.

C represents plates placed on top of the railties under the joint to keep the base of the rails on the same plane.

D represents the rail-ties.

a is a reinforcement or thickened of the neck of the rail.

bis a lug, and c is a sink for thg reception portion Serial No. 732,883. (No model.)

'of the lug b and-is made some longer than the lug to allow for expansion and contraction of the rail in warm and cold Weather.

d represents holes for the reception of the bolts e.

In the construction of my rail-joint it is to be observed that I provide the neck of the rail for a short distance on the ends and on either side of the rail with reinforcements a, thereby overcoming any'weakening of the neck of the rail by cutting or splitting the same for the purpose of the splice, as shown. This reinforcement of the neck also enables me to make the sink c to receive the lug b without impairing the necessary strength of the neck, the said lug fitting closely within the said sink latitudinally, thus keeping the tops of the rails when connected uniformly even. In the formation of the splice for my rail-joint it is also to be observed that a line from the point l to point 2 on the rail falls practically in the center of the tread of ball of the rail and that from point 2 to point 3 a line turns from the center of the tread of the rail at a gradual divergence, thus preventing any sudden transition of a wheel from the tread on one rail to the tread on the other, and thereby avoiding pounding at the joints, which was to be accomplished.

In construction for use I use the side or fish plates B and secure the joint therewith by means of bolts e, passed through the holes d provided therefor, and rest the base of rail at the joint upon the metal plates C, which are secured to the rail-ties in the ordinary way, thus forming a complete union of the rails and which constitutes my complete railjoint.

Having thus pointed out the various parts of my invention and shown its construction and use, what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A rail-joint composed of rails A, A', hav ing reinforced web or neck a, at the ends of the rail; the ball, web or neck and base of the rails at the ends, cut vertically, longitudinally and laterally to form a splice, provided with sink c for the reception of lug b; the lug b and holes for the passage of bolts @and plne giil'ar shrple's' ibiaeig of vvOic'ndatga; and State of New York, this the neck or web and base of the" ils' on op; 19th day f July, A. D. 1899.

poste sides of the mils at the joint, and bolts 1 to secure the Various parts tao one another FRANCIS ASBURY BREWER' 5 substantially as shown and described. Witnesses:

In Witness tvrler' I have hrei etf my G. TUCKER,

hand, at the city of Syracuse, in the county M` BENDIXEN. 

